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Congrats to Seniors girls soccer players Ava Finnerty, Ava Vecchio and Sienna Higgott for being selected to the State Senior All Star Team being held in Lakeland Florida
WPBF's January Scholar Athlete of the Month: Alexa Araya
Non-Instructional Employee of the Month: Francismeire De Moraes
Teacher of the Month: Nicholas Downer
Para of the Month: Marelis Tejada de Matos & Valentina Tamayo Rodriguez
Custodial Staff Members of the Month: Nerlande Jean-Baptiste & Reina Rodriguez De Blanco
Students of the Month 12th grade: Jasmine Jairala, Catherine Hudicourt, Jean Mauricio Moreira Da Silva, Jacob Sheriden, Alaina Ulanowicz
Students of the Month 11th grade: Jayden Arias, Nate Moraes, Mellanie Ramos, Tori Scaglione, Hillary Toussaint
Students of the Month 10th grade: Christian Chiaverini, Guilherme Martins de Oliveira - Inclusive Ronaldo Silva, Avery Tun, Sviatoslava Weiss
Students of the Month 9th grade: Kai Lopez, Ana Clara Pereira, Iaroslav Rozum, Soleil Smith, Beril Yurekli

All content by Jacob Pasternack

New OH Football Coach Kevin Wald Looks to Build a Championship Culture; Seventh Head Coach Since 2011

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
May 2, 2019

OPINION: Rise of Global Anti-Semitism Demands a Global Unified Response

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
February 25, 2019

OPINION: Looming Government Shutdown Will Have Little Immediate Impact on Average Citizen

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 18, 2018

NASA’s InSight Successfully Lands on Mars

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 2, 2018

OPINION: Trump’s Move to Legally Define “Gender” Makes Sense in Regards to Title IX Cases

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
November 2, 2018

Olympic Heights Chorus to Perform at Carnegie Hall

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
October 14, 2018

OH Best Buddies Chapter Named National Fundraising Champion at Summer Conference

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
August 31, 2018

NEWS ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Ruling on Legalized Sports Betting Poses Complications

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
May 29, 2018

Olympic Heights’ Kaylee Cunningham Advances to International Science and Engineering Fair

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
April 19, 2018

COMMENTARY: When Unqualified Students Are Pushed into Taking Advanced Placement Classes, All AP Students Suffer

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
March 1, 2018

COMMENTARY: Labeling Legitimate Media Outlets as “Fake News” Is Dangerously Ignorant

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
January 22, 2018

COMMENTARY: Want To Make America Great? Try Listening to One Another

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 7, 2017

NEWS ANALYSIS: Venezuela in Crisis

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
September 5, 2017

Olympic Heights Best Buddies Chapter Earns Honors at Summer Leadership Conference

Jacob Pasternack
August 20, 2017

Selfishness of Fournette and McCaffery Flies in Face of the Team Concept

Jacob Pasternack, Sports Editor
December 15, 2016

Media Loses Focus on Kaepernick’s Kneeling Anthem Protest

Jacob Pasternack, Sports Editor
September 15, 2016

Mosquito-borne Zika Virus in South Florida

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
August 27, 2016

Hopes of Several MLB Teams Hinge on Free Agent Signings in Off-Season

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 30, 2016

Marijuana an Effective Cancer Fighting Agent?

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 29, 2016

Decision to Ban Heading in Youth Leagues Will Be the Demise of U.S. Soccer

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 14, 2016

Is New Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase the Answer to Dolfans’ Prayers?

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
January 20, 2016

Baseball Pennant Races Heating Up

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
September 15, 2015

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